HEART HEALTH EDUCATION
Understanding Your Heart Better
Evidence-based explanations of the questions patients ask most often. This section is general education — it is not a substitute for a consultation about your own heart.
TOPICS
Browse by subject
Prevention
Which risk factors actually change outcomes, how much difference each one makes, and where screening is genuinely useful.
Blood Pressure
How to measure it correctly at home, what the numbers mean, when treatment is indicated and why targets differ between people.
Cholesterol
LDL, HDL, triglycerides and lipoprotein(a) — what each one is, which ones matter most, and what the evidence supports.
Diet and Nutrition
Dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk, salt, oils and fats, and how to read nutrition claims critically.
Coffee and Heart Health
What the observational and trial evidence actually shows about caffeine, palpitations and cardiovascular outcomes.
Physical Activity
How much exercise, at what intensity, and the situations in which cardiac assessment should come first.
Heart Disease Awareness
Recognising the symptoms of a heart attack and of heart failure, and knowing when a symptom is an emergency.
Patient Education
Preparing for an echocardiogram or angiogram, understanding your medicines, and what follow-up should involve.
ARTICLE LIBRARY
Articles publish here
This section is built to grow. Each article follows the same structure so that readers can see, at a glance, who wrote it, when it was written and what it is based on.
Every article carries
Title and a short summary of what the article answers
Author — Dr. Gem Raghav Prashanth, with qualifications
Date published and date last reviewed
References to guidelines or primary literature where claims are made
Medical disclaimer distinguishing education from personal advice
Editorial standards
Recommendations are attributed to the guideline they come from
Areas of genuine uncertainty are described as uncertain
No treatment is promoted on the basis of anecdote alone
Content is reviewed and dated, not left to age silently
General education is never presented as personalised advice
The first articles are in preparation. In the meantime, short video explanations on many of these topics are available through Heart Talks.
The information published in this section is intended for general educational purposes. It cannot take account of your individual history, examination findings or investigation results, and should not be used to start, stop or change any treatment. If you have symptoms that concern you, seek medical advice. If you have severe or sudden chest pain, breathlessness at rest, fainting, or symptoms suggesting a heart attack or stroke, treat it as an emergency and go to the nearest emergency department.